What sort of music makes you feel better when you’re having a panic attack or an anxiety attack? Chosen Answer: The sound of drumming really helps calm people down, and can offer an actual avenue from which to release anxiety (and stress and depression, too, among others). Listening to drumming naturally connects to the mind [...]
I’ve always had bad social anxiety my entire life, and it’s so bad that I can’t even leave my house. Should I start drinking and smoking pot to alleviate my anxieties? I hear it helps with stuff like that. Chosen Answer: While smoking pot CAN help alleviate anxiety, it can also worsen it. If it’s [...]
A friend of mine has been suffering from really bad anxiety lately. He has been on an anti depressant for a while now. It’s supposed to help with anxiety too. Does anyone know of ways to try and control the anxiety? Any suggestions would help. Chosen Answer: just tell him to take deep breaths with [...]
I need some good meds for anxiety and panic and was just prescribed to sertraline (generic zoloft)….how goood does it work for anxiety and panic? Chosen Answer: In English: Seratonin is a “chemical” in the brain that is responsable for a sense of well-being and helps regulate sleep. In your brain, these chemicals are released, [...]
I have bad pain so I took 2.5mg of valium tylenol 500mg and hr later I took 400mg if ibuprofen. is this ok? Chosen Answer: Im not a doctor but I don’t see anything that causes a red flag in the combination. However Valium is an anti anxiety medication not a pain medication so why [...]
My grandma is schitzophrenic and she was perscribed valium and although i am not a doctor i have read alot about this drug and i also know alot about it because i have taken it before and i was wondering if this drug actually helps the schitzophrenia. Chosen Answer: In general it isn’t the first [...]
I already have anxiety… I have a hurt back and was perscribed both, i also have a low heart rate in the low 40′s. The doc said i can take both percocet and valium at the same time so i just did and worry about my heart rate dropping too low.. Is it something i [...]
Since I have had my baby I have had terrible anxiety and panic attacks. I am currently on Celexa but it is making me have insomnia really bad. Which medicine has worked well for others? Chosen Answer: Lexapro, it helps you sleep at night. Take it at night before bed. If you take it during [...]
And yes, I am seeing a psychologist, but I don’t see her as helping me any. The Panic Away program online has been helping me, but I can’t get the thoughts out of my head, no matter how hard I try to accept them and divert my attention, or focus on something else. I just [...]
Hi everyone, I’ve been on Amitriptyline (Elavil) for anxiety (and headaches) since May 2009 and it has helped a lot with my anxiety / panic attacks but I now feel as though it’s not working and I’ve built up a resistance. Has anyone else build up a resistance to Amitriptyline? Has anyone else found Amitriptyline [...]